"пиндос" meaning in Russian

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Noun

IPA: [pʲɪnˈdos]
Etymology: Ultimately borrowed from Greek Πῐ́νδος (Pĭ́ndos). The modern sense (“a Yank, an American”) originated in the late 1990s as military slang among Russian peacekeepers in Bosnia and Kosovo, firstly against American soldiers and then to any American. Earlier, Russian soldiers took it from Chechen militias, who used this term to refer to Russians, most likely from Balkan Muslims who joined the Chechens. In modern Greek slang, the original word now refers to someone who is unsophisticated. The original subjects of this slur were either rural shepherds who lived along the Pindus Mountains between Albania and Greece (which was picked up by Balkans who joined the Chechens), or Pontic Greeks who lived along the Northern and Eastern shores of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. Etymology templates: {{bor|ru|el|Πῐ́νδος}} Greek Πῐ́νδος (Pĭ́ndos) Head templates: {{ru-noun+|пиндо́с|a=an|adj=пиндо́сский|f=пиндо́ска}} пиндо́с • (pindós) m anim (genitive пиндо́са, nominative plural пиндо́сы, genitive plural пиндо́сов, feminine пиндо́ска, relational adjective пиндо́сский) Forms: пиндо́с [canonical], pindós [romanization], пиндо́са [genitive], пиндо́сы [nominative, plural], пиндо́сов [genitive, plural], пиндо́ска [feminine], пиндо́сский [adjective, relational], no-table-tags [table-tags], пиндо́с [nominative, singular], пиндо́сы [nominative, plural], пиндо́са [genitive, singular], пиндо́сов [genitive, plural], пиндо́су [dative, singular], пиндо́сам [dative, plural], пиндо́са [accusative, singular], пиндо́сов [accusative, plural], пиндо́сом [instrumental, singular], пиндо́сами [instrumental, plural], пиндо́се [prepositional, singular], пиндо́сах [plural, prepositional], пендо́с [alternative]
  1. (ethnic slur, derogatory) an American, a Yank Tags: derogatory, ethnic, slur
    Sense id: en-пиндос-ru-noun-J94ns3-e Categories (other): Russian ethnic slurs
  2. (ethnic slur, regional, obsolete) a Pontic Greek Tags: ethnic, obsolete, regional, slur
    Sense id: en-пиндос-ru-noun-MxIonYjy Categories (other): Regional Russian, Russian ethnic slurs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian ethnic slurs, Russian links with redundant alt parameters, Russian links with redundant wikilinks, Russian nouns with accent pattern a, United States Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 80 Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Russian ethnic slurs: 37 63 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant alt parameters: 15 85 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant wikilinks: 11 89 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern a: 44 56 Disambiguation of United States: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: америка́нец (amerikánec) [gender-neutral], америко́с (amerikós), а́мер (ámer), я́нки (jánki) (english: Yankee) Derived forms: пиндо́ска (pindóska) [noun], Пиндо́сия (Pindósija), Пиндоста́н (Pindostán), СШП (SŠP) (english: USA (pejorative)) [noun]

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "noun"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Pindósija",
      "word": "Пиндо́сия"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Pindostán",
      "word": "Пиндоста́н"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "form": "пиндо́сам",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "пиндо́са",
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          "name": "United States",
          "orig": "ru:United States",
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    }
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ámer",
      "word": "а́мер"
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    }
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  ],
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}
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      "roman": "Pindósija",
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      "roman": "Pindostán",
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      "form": "пиндо́ска",
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      "form": "пиндо́сский",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      ]
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      "form": "ru-noun-table",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "hard-stem",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "пиндо́су",
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      "form": "пиндо́сах",
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        "an American, a Yank"
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      "ipa": "[pʲɪnˈdos]"
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      "roman": "amerikánec",
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        "gender-neutral"
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    },
    {
      "roman": "amerikós",
      "word": "америко́с"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ámer",
      "word": "а́мер"
    },
    {
      "english": "Yankee",
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  ],
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}

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